# Principal AI Engineer - AI Tutor at Datacamp

- Company: Datacamp
- What the company does: Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://datacamp.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Belgium; Dubai; Portugal; United Kingdom; United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2025-12-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/7481117
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/datacamp-principal-ai-engineer-ai-tutor/

## About the role

Research has consistently shown that one-on-one tutoring dramatically outperforms traditional classroom instruction—a finding known as Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem. Despite decades of awareness, no solution has successfully delivered personalized tutoring at scale. Until now.

## What they're looking for

- Build and evolve the core AI tutoring system , including prompt architectures, agentic workflows, and real-time adaptive behaviors
- Run rigorous experimentation and evaluation , developing custom metrics and frameworks to measure learning effectiveness and improve model reliability
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable software , integrating AI capabilities with platform systems, content pipelines, and user experience components
- Collaborate cross-functionally with educators, content creators, and product teams to translate pedagogical goals into technical solutions
- Prototype and productionize novel model interactions , leveraging emerging research and capabilities to advance the tutor’s intelligence
- Ensure quality, safety, and observability through monitoring, testing, guardrails, and iterative refinement of model behavior

Tags: Engineering